This is page numbers 3755 - 3792 of the Hansard for the 19th Assembly, 2nd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was know.

Committee Motion 195-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 Justice - Deferral of Department, Carried
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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

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Shane Thompson

Shane Thompson Nahendeh

I only got three minutes and 42 seconds. Well, I'll try not to use all your time, for the Member. So we have developed a planning process. We started this in June, thanks to Minister Chinna and her conversations with the department. As we were going through the flood recovery, we are doing the planning to meet the needs now. We've already started doing a number of things with the policy, the DAP policy, communications with the communities that are -- will be impacted by potential floods. Superintendents have been reaching out to the communities working on their -- checking their plans. And this is something that people should be aware of, is that we have weekly conversations about the flood recovery and the planning of how we are moving forward. So to not waste any more time, we do have a plan in place. We are enhancing it. We are making sure -- and there's some things that we will be bringing to committee showing the work that we did to it. So we've already started it. I know we are only in March but the floods, we've been working on it since June and the community -- or the department, regional and corporate have been -- or directorate have been doing things since January. Plus, we've had press releases or things out there, the public as well, getting people prepared. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

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Kevin O'Reilly

Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake

Thanks, Madam Chair. So just thinking ahead a bit here, I'd rather avoid the department having been -- or go for a special warrant or a supplementary appropriation. Do we -- have we thought about how -- you know, with the climate emergency on us, we're likely to get more flooding, we're likely to get more fires? How are we, you know, starting to better plan for these things? Maybe even to start to set aside some money, whether it's a contingency fund or an emergency response fund, climate adaptation fund, to better deal with these sorts of things rather than go for special warrants and supplementary appropriation so that we actually start to set aside the money as we're going along? Thanks, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

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Shane Thompson

Shane Thompson Nahendeh

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

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Gareau

Thank you. There is a lot of work going on at the federal level in looking at disaster adaptation and mitigation. Minister Thompson sits on the minister's table; I sit on the deputy minister's table. We are waiting to hear more from Canada on what types of funding may be available to assist in being proactive about some of the risks that we know we face as a territory. Unfortunately, I don't have much more of an update than that. But MACA does have staff throughout the department actively working with communities on this. You know, we look at emergency hazard and risk identification. We look at the infrastructure and do risk assessments and, you know, does infrastructure need to be moved or how does it need to be improved to help disaster proof it.

We are looking at -- we do hazard mapping through our regional offices and our school of community government delivers climate change focused training as well as the active work our regional offices are doing with communities to help them look at mitigation options to lessen the damage of a flood or a disaster when it does hit. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, deputy minister. Are there any further questions under this section? Go ahead.

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Kevin O'Reilly

Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake

Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

There's a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All the those in favour? Opposed? Motion carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress.

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Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Report Of Committee Of The Whole

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

May I please have the Report of Committee of the Whole. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Report Of Committee Of The Whole

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Lesa Semmler

Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 23, 29, and 38; Minister's Statement 202-19(2); Tabled Documents 561, 567, 578, and 579-19(2), and would like to report progress, I think we had one motion, and, Mr. Speaker, I move that Report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Report Of Committee Of The Whole

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Do we have a seconder? Member for Great Slave. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Order. Order.

Madam Clerk, orders of the day.

Orders Of The Day
Orders Of The Day

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Committee Clerk Of The House Ms. Jennifer Franki-Smith

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Orders of the day for Monday, March 7th, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

  1. Prayer
  2. Ministers' Statements
  3. Members' Statements
  4. Returns to Oral Questions
  5. Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Oral Questions
  8. Written Questions
  9. Returns to Written Questions
  10. Replies to Commissioner's Address
  11. Petitions
  12. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
  13. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
  14. Tabling of Documents
  15. Notices of Motions
  16. Motions
  17. Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills
  18. First Reading of Bills
  19. Second Reading of Bills
  20. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
  • Bill 23 - An Act to Amend the Public Utilities Act
  • Bill 29 - Resource Royalty Information Disclosure Statute Amendment Act
  • Bill 38 - Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2021
  • Minister's Statement 202-19(2): Annual Status Report on the Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories, 2019-2023
  • Tabled Document 561-19(2): 2022-2023 Main Estimates
  • Tabled Document 567-19(2): Annual Status Report - 2019-2023 Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories, February 2021-January 2022 of the Government of the Northwest Territories, 2019-2023
  • Tabled Document 578-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022
  • Tabled Document 579-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022
  1. Report of Committee of the Whole
  2. Third Reading of Bills
  3. Orders of the Day

Orders Of The Day
Orders Of The Day

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The Speaker

The Speaker Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Colleagues, before we leave today I just want to send our thoughts and prayers out to the community of Fort Smith at this time.

This House stands adjourned until Monday, March 7th, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.

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The House adjourned at 2:03 p.m.